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Kit @kitnibbles.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A true masterpiece of the restorative arts.

Kit @kitnibbles.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Hope all the peeps who had the chance to watch the new Ghost in the Shell anime's first 2 eps enjoyed it as much as I did! I was a wee bit afraid how the new English VAs would fit but it was all soooo good, Aramaki and the good major especially! They did such a wonderful job adapting the manga.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

We must believe in a world to create that world

Battlemech looming over highway with sign

“Lgbtq rights enforced by battlemech”

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

"It's dangerous to go alone! Take this!"

An edited photo of one of our cats, Azzy, looking a bit startled as a gold Zelda themed wiimote is offered to her. A pixel background of a forest landscape has been dropped in behind her

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I've just finished tapping out a new 'Adventure Log' article on my site about the Fallout 1.0 demo. These are text-and-stills mini Let's Plays with some storytelling and waxing nostalgic where appropriate. Hope you enjoy checking it out, and reposts/skeets are appreciated (as always!). 💜

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Adventure Log #8: Fallout Demo (1997, Windows 95)

A slice of Fallout relatively unique from the game? Let’s dive in!

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

A new issue of our digi-zine, Between the Scanlines, has rolled out! In this issue: The science & horror of Gunbuster, an interview with @dangerchunk.bsky.social about their museum of notes found in game boxes, six RPGs recommended, and diving deep into PSX treasures! > betweenthescanlines.itch.io

A snap of the cover of our issue with a 90s cool blonde haired woman drawn in anime pixel style as the main image.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Two orcs: "… Do you mind?" Adventurer: "Oh, uh, sorry, didn't mean to disturb you, a-aha. I'll, uh, just... I'll be on my way." Two orcs: "Tsch, the nerve of these adventurers, barging right in, looking for treasure and so on." "Disgraceful." "I wholeheartedly agree. Now, where were we... 💋"

A 'two orc' room encounter card from the swedish game Drakborgen, with an illustration of two brown furry orcs that look like they've been disturbed while canoodling and not very happy about it, with one looking over their shoulder close to the other.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

"Baka, If you want real happiness, play the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, now with an expanded free trial up to fan-favourite Shadowbringers and soon to include me !*" *Maybe** **Probably*** ***Of course she'll be in it

A photo of our boxset of Evangelion platinum dvds with Asuka posing in plugsuit on the side. A copy of FFXIV PS3 version can be seen below slightly underneath

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Liminal chill with the 2nd place winner of the recent 64brew Game Jam: Cathode Quest.

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Charlotte @cptalbertwesker.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

It's the game that I hope many think of when I say it's a game where a bug is the protagonist, it's time for Spider: The Video Game! I'm streaming games for 24 hours straight for the lovely @specialeffect.org.uk over at twitch.tv/cptalbertwesker #Gameblast26

An odd person with glasses in an insect themed baseball cap, poses with a copy of Spider The Video Game on the PlayStation.

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Charlotte @cptalbertwesker.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Today marks the start of #GameBlast26! Unfortunately we aren't having our usual TTRPG session, so I'll be gaming for 24 hours in aid of the lovely @specialeffect.org.uk over at twitch.tv/cptalbertwesker You can read more about what I'm doing here: tiltify.com/@cptalbertwe... #Gameblast26

A schedule on an orange background lists a series of games that are being played on Saturday 28th February in the UTC timezone.

06:00 A Bug's Life (PS1)
13:00 Mr Moskeeto 2 (PS2)
17:00 Buck Bumble (N64)
21:00 Spider: the video game (PS1)
00:00 Bug Blasters (MCD)
01:00 Escape from Bug Island (Wii)

For Gameblast 26 at twitch.tv/cptalbertwesker

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(🖬🖫). ₍^. .^₎⟆ @a.very.sleepy.galactic.furball.discatte.com · 09/02/2026

Who are you… You must help me, please… Bring me the salmon treats… I can't… I can't see you… hear me… I need the salmon treats, you must bring me the salmon treats… Please bring … beg of you, bring the treats… Help me… I am Babka… Given up long ago… There is one thing I need to be rescued… You must…

its babka, decoding on a picture phone set, but its a bit noisy and out of sync, so his image has some static and horizontal drift, and a few lines that are full bright. it brings to mind the intro of the game myst =^^=

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Up on my site for a comfy read: a new 'Adventure Log' featuring Starflight for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis! Join Captain Sasha McAuliffe and the crew of the ISS Roger Wilco as they take their first voyage from the planet Arth in search of adventure, creds, and mischief. Hope y'all enjoy reading it. 💜

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Adventure Log #6: Starflight

Let’s embark on a grand space adventure in 16 Sega bits.

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Dudley of Yesterzine @yesterzine.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

So for those wondering about the hoo-ha there is a well meaning campaign to boycott Youtube channels running ads for ICE, the American department of disappearing. Unfortunately we can't really control that, the pictures attached represent all our control short of turning off ads and views -> 0. 🧵

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺 Captain Olimar and a new form of strange life - one keeping a good eye on the tin of salmon being carried away. What a cute ad for Pikmin 2.

A Japanese ad for Pikmin 2 with rendered characters on a real-life kitchen tabletop with a tin of salmon and various things like bottle tops and can openers, and some other bits of household things being carried away by Pikmin. A cat is peeking up over the edge and looking amazed, potentially horrified.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I've had new peeps following lately (thank you <3), and I haven't done a #PromoSky in a while. So! 💜 I post daily bits of old tech, game mags, video game and anime history 💜 I produce a regular digital 'zine: Between the Scanlines 💜 I'm working on my first Kickstarted physical magazine 1/2

A crt tv snap of my 80s catgirl mascot smiling and holding up a cyberpunk disk and and delivering a v-sign.

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Yuna Noire🏳️‍⚧️ @yunanoire.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I did say I was cooking. COOKING UP A NEW ARTICLE FOR IN RETROSPECT! I decided it was finally time to spread the good word about Cooking Guide, the digital cookbook for your DS! Hope you enjoy the article, please share it around if you can! #InRetrospect #NintendoDS #CookingGuide

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Cooking Guide (DS) – In Retrospect

There are so many reasons why I love to cook, besides the entire process itself just being so fun. It’s a hobby I can just slip into very naturally and I love making food for other people, sp…

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Thom @lilock33.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Hello Kitty inhabits a strange universe, where Tetriminos grow as flowers... 🌼 Tetris x Hello Kitty is a browser based version of Tetris, previously available to play on the Tetris website completely free of charge. It can still be played via the Wayback Machine, link in the alt text. #Tetris

https://web.archive.org/web/20201101081238/tetris.com/sanrio

A vintage IBM keyboard and mouse, and each of the seven Tetriminos on a desk in front of a large flat panel display that is showing the game in progress.

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Zeggy @infernulls.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

#Infernulls has been out a month and I'm sitting around 70 copies sold which makes me quite happy! If you've bought and/or read it, I'd love to hear what you have to say! Thank you for the support, I appreciate it.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

A fresh heads-up that my partner and I put out a regular digital retro gaming and anime 'zine, Between the Scanlines, that not only aims to capture the spirit of those of the past but also preserve anecdotal memories. Plus, it's a cosy read. 💜 betweenthescanlines.itch.io

One of our covers, features Lum with her iconic tiger pattern bikini and long green hair.

A snap of our itchio listing gallery of covers.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Aww, Kit and I just finished Salt and Sanctuary, playing it co-op with me as the sellsword. Kit played it in the past on the Vita, but this is her first time playing it all the way through. Wonderful 2D Souls-like with such a compelling plot and world.

A snap of the ghostly white and grey title screen with its inverted tree under waves.

"Thanks for playing! A new adventure awaits..."

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

The 🏁 flag waves over the #SplashWaveRacing Sega Rally Challenge! Let's head over to the podiums for the final standings! NTSC MT 🥇 TheSEGAHolic 🥈 @masterwho.yase.world 🥉 @yreval.bsky.social NTSC AT 🥇 @six-is-dead.bsky.social 🥈 @playsushiuk.bsky.social 🥉 @kirbi-lumini.bsky.social 1/2

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Okay, let's have a current standings update for the #SplashWaveRacing Sega Saturn SRC time attack challenge! Since the last update, we've added @tjwolf26.bsky.social's time, @six-is-dead.bsky.social shaves off some more time, and that cat of speed, @shiropurrs.bsky.social has joined the pack!

Challenge poster for the time attack challenge. Delta AT/MT Desert 3 laps - total race time

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Okay, let's have a #SplashWaveRacing Sega Rally Championship time attack challenge current standings update! Since the last update, @playsushiuk.bsky.social, @fellwraith.yase.world, myself and @kitnibbles.bsky.social joined the pack! Runs until next Tuesday!

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Kit @kitnibbles.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Howdy folks, hope you've been having fun kicking up the sand with this decidedly bottom heavy beast, whew - it's been a been difficult for me but here's my own entry for the current #SplashWaveRacing challenge, a time of 2:49.34 for the PAL AT category!

A snap of my SEGA Rally Championship time for this #SplashWaveRacing challenge - an entry of 2:49.34 on PAL AT!

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Tiny mimics: a hazard for woolly kits

A photo of a small maine coon (Rango) with woolly grey fur looking shocked as a Frieren treasure chest mimic figurine opened on their paw as if nibbling on it.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Let's have our first #SplashWaveRacing Sega Rally Championship Challenge current standings update! @masterwho.yase.world takes a one-second lead on 3 laps around the desert in NTSC MT, with @six-is-dead.bsky.social holding a wider lead in AT! And over in PAL, @madfoxtimmy.bsky.social leads!

A current standings table with the current racers

The event poster for Sega Saturn SRC time attack challenge.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The 🏁 flag waves over the #SplashWaveRacing Ridge Racer 4 challenge! Let's head over to the podiums for the final standings! NTSC AT 🥇 @six-is-dead.bsky.social 🥈 @elly.social 🥉 @archangel2147.bsky.social NTSC MT 🥇 @weirdguy.bsky.social 🥈 @overthere.banginsummer.love 🥉 @yreval.bsky.social 1/2

Winners Circle PAL AT and PALticipation MT

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Okay! Here we go! The Kickstarter campaign for the first issue of Scanline Artifacts, a physical A5 magazine featuring a juicy selection of features and articles from the first 32 issues of our digital retro gaming and anime zine, Between the Scanlines, plus brand new material, has gone LIVE!

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Between the Scanlines: Scanline Artifacts Issue One

A physical compilation of selected articles from our digital, community-driven retro gaming and anime magazine.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Coming soon to a Kickstarter page near you: Scanline Artifacts: Issue One. A physical magazine bringing together a selection of articles from the first 32 issues of Between the Scanlines - plus some new content not seen before! Pre-Launch page going live now - launch SOON!

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Coming soon: Between the Scanlines: Scanline Artifacts Issue One

A physical compilation of selected articles from our digital, community-driven retro gaming and anime magazine.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

The next issue of SCANLINES, our retrogaming zine, has rolled out! This issue: guest contributors @videogamebeach.bsky.social shares her passion for sun, sea, and sand, and @diane-v.bsky.social waxes nostalgic about Polish VG and anime channel Hyper! betweenthescanlines.itch.io/issue-thirty...

The Dirty Pair Hollywood movie calendar-themed cover of our zine, Scanlines.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

A new article has gone up on my Scanline Artifacts site! Join me as I gush about and take you on a tour of one of my favourite RPG-ey board games that has a Tabletop Simulator implementation: the 1987 Games Workshop edition of DungeonQuest! Enjoy. 💜 scanlineartifacts.co.uk/2025/04/05/2...

A screenie of the article page and cover image as the thumbnail generation for the link was going wonky

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

The next issue of our 'zine, Between the Scanlines, has hit e-shelves! Issue 31 comes with a retrospective on Link's Awakening, plus community features on @sidpoke.art's WIP tech-repair game and one on The Longest Journey from @johnbunday.bsky.social! betweenthescanlines.itch.io/issue-thirty...

A snap of our front cover for this issue, which has a cinematic from GB DMG Link's Awakening of Link holding onto the mast of his ship and a rope blown up to fill the page

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

After a week delay to hit some pretty hefty gaming anniversaries, the next issue of our retro gaming (and sporadic anime!) 'zine, Between the Scanlines, has rolled out! Main features: PS2, Chrono Trigger, and Panzer Dragoon anniversaries! Enjoy 💜 betweenthescanlines.itch.io/issue-thirty

A snap of the cover of issue 30, using a screenie of the SNES version and the famous court scene

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Phew, here we go! The next Scanline Artifacts feature has rolled out: CRPG and adventure game clue books! Join me as I showcase some of my favourite examples and deliver a few broadsides of critique at Chief Scallywag of the Clue Book Racket, Strategic Simulations Inc. Reskeets appreciated. 💜

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Get a Clue! Appreciation and Critique of Computer Cluebooks of the Past

Praise and critique is heaped on the not-so-microtransactions of their day.

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Thom @lilock33.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

One of the earliest versions of Tetris for the ZX Spectrum, credited to V.A. Baliasov in 1986. Although not officially licensed it gives credit to Alexey Pajitnov, and manages to be way more playable than the disastrous official Mirrorsoft release from 1988. #RetroGaming #Tetris #ZXSpectrum

A rubber-keyed ZX Spectrum and a Sony cassette recorder on a table in front of a Sony Trinitron TV - displaying a primitive version of Tetris.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

The next issue of our retro gaming and anime zine, Between the Scanlines, has rolled out! Features on Monster Hunter on PSP and 3DS, the Nomad Soul, handheld Zeldas, and piratical Amiga adventure await! betweenthescanlines.itch.io/issue-twenty... Reskeets and support are super appreciated <3

The Zelda Oracle of Seasons-themed cover of this issue of Scanlines.

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Charlotte @cptalbertwesker.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Good Morning everyone! Welcome to Sunday! We're just getting assembled for day two of #GameBlast25 where we are raising money for the lovely @specialeffect.bsky.social you can read up about what we're doing here on our team page: www.justgiving.com/team/finalin...

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The Team return to The Indiana Jones Charity Globetrot challenge for GameBlast25!

Help Charlotte Woolley raise money to support SpecialEffect

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Charlotte @cptalbertwesker.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Our stream for #GameBlast25 is now underway at www.twitch.tv/monolithx66 where we will be giving away copies of Spellsword Studios TRRPGs when we hit donation goals! www.justgiving.com/team/finalin...

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GameBlast25 Charity Stream - 22nd-23rd February 2024. The Final! Return of The Indiana Jones Charity Globetrot

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

A new issue of Between the Scanlines, our retro gaming (and sporadically anime) 'zine has just hit the usual shelves at itchio! We crammed in a couple of pages of the edutainment memories peeps shared with us and we've got a bumper feature on RPGs! betweenthescanlines.itch.io/issue-twenty...

A snap of the D/Generaiton for Apple II themed cover of our zine. Spotlight on Edutainment Games, Bio-Horror in 8 Computer Bits, and Recommended RPGs - Part Two! are the headline features.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

One of the cat shelters we periodically support, Kitten Rescue (Los Angeles), has had new little fluffs in and we're checking in on them on the webcam. What a pile of squish.

A webcam stream snap of a momma cat and many fluffy few week old saus of kittens being comfortably squished in a pile

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Lainwithtea @lainwithtea.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

OPENING TWO MORE SLOTS SO I CAN BUY TASTY FOOD AND PS2 GAMES~ Stills are $25 and animated Gifs are are $45 and fully stylized MP4's $55! :D hmu in dms as it's first come first serve~ Credit for Character here: @sharkabytes.bsky.social! (Go buy her zine it's great!)

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Phew, after two evenings of tap-tapping away, my new Adventure Log (think pre-YouTube Let's Plays) on MicroProse's 1992 RPG and sandbox simulation of a dark fantasy 15th Century has gone up on Scanline Artifacts. The adventures of Sasha, Ragna, Hans, and Gretch await...

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Adventure Log #2: Darklands

Join me as I go adventuring in Darklands’ vision of a dark fantasy 15th Century Europe.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Okay! The first 2025 issue of our digi-zine, Between the Scanlines, is rolling out after a wee bit of a delay! Issue 27 is now available on Itch and packed with passionate tales of lands fantastical and transmitted from the Final Frontier. betweenthescanlines.itch.io/issue-twenty...

The cover of Scanlines issue 27 with Lina Inverse, snapped from the PC-98 game

A snippet of our Star Trek Academy for SNES feature

A snippet of our Slayers for PC-98 feature

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Late last night, I published a new half-retrospective and half-pre-video Let's Play on the Scanline Artifacts website. I've given it a few editing tweaks so I'll give a fresh yell about it. Join me as I lead four adventurers into a spooky barrow in the Commodore Amiga-exclusive HeroQuest II.

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Adventure Log #1: HeroQuest II: Legacy of Sorasil

I embark on an adventure in a forgotten sequel to a not-so-forgotten board game license.

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